Display device
First Claim
1. A transparency viewing device comprising:
- a faceplate adapted for mounting at least one transparency thereon;
a source of back lighting;
a passive matrix LCD array situated intermediate the source of back lighting and the faceplate and comprising a plurality, N, of row electrodes and a plurality, M, of column electrodes separated by liquid crystal material, wherein the intersections of the row and column electrodes define a matrix of N×
M pixel elements arranged in N rows and M columns, which pixels can be excited by a voltage difference between the two electrodes intersecting a pixel; and
a driver which substantially identically electrifies a plurality of row electrodes which drive identical patterns of pixels, and which substantially identically electrifies a plurality of column electrodes which drive identical patterns of pixels, wherein each of said patterns of pixels includes at least one pixel which is to be activated and wherein at least some of the plurality of row electrodes and some of the plurality of column electrodes are not contiguous.
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Abstract
A transparency viewing device including a faceplate adapted for mounting at least one transparency thereon, a passive Matrix LCD array comprising a plurality of row electrodes and a plurality of column electrodes separated by liquid crystal material, one of said plurality of electrodes having N electrodes and the other of said plurality of electrodes having M electrodes whereby the intersections of the row and column electrodes define a matrix of M×N pixel elements arranged in rows and columns, which pixels are excited by an RMS voltage difference between the two electrodes intersecting a pixel and a driver which electrifies the row and column electrodes such that at least one of a plurality n of the N electrodes or a plurality m of the M electrodes are identically electrified, wherein n≦N and m≦M.
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50 Claims
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1. A transparency viewing device comprising:
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a faceplate adapted for mounting at least one transparency thereon; a source of back lighting; a passive matrix LCD array situated intermediate the source of back lighting and the faceplate and comprising a plurality, N, of row electrodes and a plurality, M, of column electrodes separated by liquid crystal material, wherein the intersections of the row and column electrodes define a matrix of N×
M pixel elements arranged in N rows and M columns, which pixels can be excited by a voltage difference between the two electrodes intersecting a pixel; anda driver which substantially identically electrifies a plurality of row electrodes which drive identical patterns of pixels, and which substantially identically electrifies a plurality of column electrodes which drive identical patterns of pixels, wherein each of said patterns of pixels includes at least one pixel which is to be activated and wherein at least some of the plurality of row electrodes and some of the plurality of column electrodes are not contiguous. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A transparency viewing device comprising:
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a faceplate adapted for mounting at least one transparency thereon; a source of back lighting; a passive matrix LCD array situated intermediate the source of back lighting and the faceplate and comprising a plurality, N, of row electrodes and a plurality, M, of column electrodes separated by liquid crystal material, wherein the intersections of the row and column electrodes define a matrix of N×
M pixel elements arranged in N rows and M columns, which pixels can be excited by a voltage difference between the two electrodes intersecting a pixel; anda driver which substantially identically electrifies, using a non-scanning mode, those row electrodes which drive identical patterns of pixels, and which substantially identically electrifies, using a non-scanning mode, those column electrodes which drive identical patterns of pixels. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A transparency viewing device comprising:
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a faceplate adapted for mounting at least one transparency thereon; a source of back lighting; a passive matrix LCD array situated intermediate the source of back lighting and the faceplate and comprising a plurality, N, of row electrodes and a plurality, M, of column electrodes separated by liquid crystal material, wherein the intersections of the row and column electrodes define a matrix of N×
M pixel elements arranged in N rows and M columns, which pixels can be excited by a voltage difference between the two electrodes intersecting a pixel; anda driver which substantially identically electrifies at least one row electrode and one at least one column electrode resulting in an effective null RMS voltage across at least one pixel element. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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